Ex-Holtec CFO Wins $2.1M Verdict On Whistleblower Claim

By George Woolston

A New Jersey state jury on Wednesday found that nuclear services company Holtec International violated the state's whistleblower law when it fired its chief financial officer days after he objected to what he believed were false and misleading statements in a document meant for a potential investor, awarding him $2.1 million in economic damages.

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CRH To Unload NJ Asphalt Plants For $8.5B Arcosa Deal

By Matthew Perlman

New Jersey state enforcers have reached an agreement allowing CRH plc to move ahead with its planned $8.5 billion purchase of Arcosa Inc., conditioned on the sale of several hot-mix asphalt plants in the state.

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Reckitt Benckiser Denies Firing Manager For Whistleblowing

By Gina Kim

Reckitt Benckiser urged a New Jersey federal judge to end a former senior regulatory manager's suit alleging she was fired for raising product safety issues, arguing Tuesday she rejected a lateral transfer amid a global reorganization and unsuccessfully gambled the company would give in to her promotion and higher pay demands.

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App Can't Get Apple Antitrust Case Sent To DOJ Case's Judge

By Matthew Perlman

A New Jersey federal judge has refused to reassign communal video streaming app Rave's antitrust case against Apple to the same judge overseeing a monopolization case against Apple from the U.S. Department of Justice.

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Czech Search Engine Co. Escapes Suit Over NJ Privacy Law

By George Woolston

A federal judge has thrown out a data privacy firm's lawsuit against a Czech website operator over alleged violations of a New Jersey judicial privacy law, finding the court does not have jurisdiction.

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Wind Groups Say DOD Continues To Freeze Project Reviews

By Tom Lotshaw

Renewable energy backers asked an Oregon federal judge to enforce an injunction that blocked the U.S. Department of Defense from suspending reviews of proposed wind energy projects, arguing it has continued to miss deadlines and maintain an unlawful freeze on project reviews.

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3rd Circ. Questions Claims Of Bias In $6B Citgo Sale

By Caroline Simson

A Third Circuit panel appeared skeptical during more than two hours of oral arguments on Wednesday that an order greenlighting the nearly $6 billion sale of Citgo to satisfy billions of dollars of Venezuelan debt should be overturned because of the appearance of bias.

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The Law360 Pulse Leaderboard: A Look At The Top Firms

By Rachel Reimer

What makes a firm stand out in the ever-changing legal landscape? Here's a peek at the 2026 Law360 Pulse Leaderboard — the firms that can demonstrate excellence on measures of prestige and the reach and capability of their legal practice.

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Watchdog Can Pursue Jackson Walker Fees, Judge Says

By Clara Geoghegan

The U.S. Trustee's Office has standing to pursue millions of dollars in fees paid to Jackson Walker LLP in cases assigned to a judge who was in an undisclosed romantic relationship with one of the firm's ex-partners, a Texas bankruptcy court has concluded.

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6th Circ.'s Sutton Floats Class Action Limits At Judiciary Panel

By Jeff Overley

An influential federal judge is proposing new restrictions on class actions that aim to broadly block government policies, judiciary advisers heard at a Wednesday gathering, which also explored transparency ideas affecting legal finance and hard-to-access court records in the red-hot realm of immigration litigation.

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Ex-Employee Of Seyfarth Client Drops Suit Over Data Breach

By Craig Clough

A Texas woman who filed a proposed class action against Seyfarth Shaw LLP over a data hack voluntarily dropped the claims Tuesday without prejudice, according to a filing in Illinois federal court. 

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DOJ Moves To Remove Minn. Judges From Immigration Cases

By Britain Eakin

A top U.S. Department of Justice official has moved to disqualify two Minnesota federal judges from immigration cases, arguing that interviews they gave to The New York Times about the Trump administration's immigration enforcement efforts suggest they can't be impartial.

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FBI Says Fired Agents Acted in Politicized Manner

By Aneeta Mathur-Ashton

Lawyers for the government argued in a Washington, D.C., federal court Wednesday that an unfair firing suit from two former FBI agents should be tossed because they worked in a politicized manner on the "Arctic Frost" investigation into President Donald Trump's attempts to overturn his 2020 election loss.

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Sen. Blackburn Clears Path For Trump's Tenn. Court Nominee

By Courtney Bublé

Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., has returned her blue slip for a judicial nominee for the Eastern District of Tennessee after an apparent delay.

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​​​​​​​Mamdani Taps Top Judicial Adviser Amid New Ethics Reforms

By Andrea Keckley

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced Tuesday that he has appointed a lawyer from the New York University School of Law's Brennan Center for Justice to lead his judicial advisory committee as the mayor's office unveils new reforms to the city's judicial selection process.

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McCarter Beats Estate's Bid To Start $9.75M Interest Clock

By Brian Steele

A Connecticut state court judge has blocked a mall developer's family from filing a formal offer to settle a malpractice suit against McCarter & English LLP for $9.75 million, standing by a November 2025 decision to pause the case while similar litigation proceeds to trial.

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